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Trusts and Charities offering assistance

Grants, teaching support and financial assistance available to Clergy and Lay Ministers.

Name	Contact Details	Info
All Saints’ Educational Trust	Mr Stephen P Harrow (Clerk) > St Katherine Cree Church 86 Leadenhall Street LONDON EC3A 3DH Tel: 020 7283 4485 Fax: 020 7621 9758 E-mail: enquiries@aset.org.uk Web: www.aset.org.uk	Specifically supports the teaching of Religious Studies and Home Economics. Main aim to increase the number of qualified teachers & improve the skills of teachers. Trust will NOT assist those who 1) hope for a career in business/ management, engineering, law, medicine, nursery nursing, social or welfare work. 2) intend training for ordination 3) request a Sabbatical period 4) want finances to go to an overseas conference
Bristol Clerical Education Society	Miss Beetle Seymour-Williams Brook Farm West Kington Chippenham SN14 7JQ Tel: 01249 782 317	Objective is to help with the education of persons in financial need for the Ministry of the C of E and the maintenance of such persons and their dependents. Priority to ordinands and their families. On occasion do give assistance to persons in Ministry undertaking further academic qualifications. Grants given of up to £250.
Church Mission Society (CMS)	Linda Howell or Margaret Mukasa (scholarship co-ordinator 020 7803 3383) Partnership House 157 Waterloo Road London SE1 8XA Tel: 020 7928 8681 Fax: 020 7401 3215 E-mail: info@cms-uk.org Web: www.cms-uk.org	Provides scholarships and financial support for training leaders, grants for missions and mission interchange.
Cleaver Ordination Candidates’ Fund	Rev Dr Peter Lynn Clerk to the Trustees 119 Stanford Avenue Brighton BN1 6FA Tel: 01273 553 361 E-mail: palproof@hotmail.com	Assists ordinands and clergy with postgraduate study. Also helps parochial clergy on approved study leave. Candidates must belong to the Catholic tradition within the Anglican Communion.
Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy	Robert Welsford (The Registrar) 1 Dean Trench Street Westminster London SW1P 3HB Tel: 020 7799 3696 Fax: 020 7222 3468 Web: www.sonsoftheclergy.org.uk	Offers financial help to clergy inc their widows, separated/divorced spouses and dependent children under 25. Must write to registrar with details to request an application form. Helps with: house repairs/ decoration, heating expenses, nursing home fees, medical expenses, marital counselling, debts, child maintenance, bereavement expenses, removals and re-settlement, book grants, education (eg. Secondary sch fees & clothing, school travel & trips, musical instruments and lessons). Does NOT help with: holidays, convalescence, courses for clergy or their spouses, purchase of property, sabbaticals hospital visiting & clerical clothing.
Culham Educational Foundation	Bronwyn Davison (Operations Manager) 15 Norham Gardens OXFORD OX2 6PY Tel: 01865 284 885 Fax: 01865 284 886 E-mail: enquiries@culham.ac.uk Web: www.culham.ac.uk	Grants not exceeding £1000 normally limited to individuals living or working within the geographical boundaries of the Diocese of Oxford. Grants can also be given to former Culham students who are still teaching but living outside the Diocese of Oxford. Grants are awarded for studies in religious education, religious studies, theology, collective worship or spiritual development, studies in schools and their management, and for clergy study leave/courses of study.
Ecclesiastical Insurance Group	Mr Iain Hearn Beaufort House Brunswick Road Gloucester GL1 1JZ Tel: 01452 528 533 Fax: 01452 423 557 E-mail: ecclesiastical@eigmail.com	Bursary Award Scheme open to those in full time stipendiary ministry in a Christian Church, whether clerical or lay people, male or female. Provides grants for work-related projects, contribute to a study course away from a demanding ministry or support research in the UK or abroad. Applicants must normally have completed at least 10 years full time stipendiary ministry.
English-Speaking Union	Natasha Plaister (Education Assistant) Education Department The English-Speaking Union Dartmouth House 37 Charles Street London W1J 5ED General Tel: 020 7529 1500 Direct Tel: 020 7529 1568 Fax: 020 7495 6108 E-mail: esu@esu.org Web: www.esu.org	Each year the ESU offers a fund, the AMCTG of up to £1800, to British Clergy for travel in the USA. The aim of the AMCTG is to foster understanding and the exchange of ideas between clergy of all denominations, in this country and in the USA. Past scholars have used the grant to finance a wide variety of projects including research for a PhD, exploring the international development of Parish nursing and training sessions concentrating on mediation, transforming conflict and peacemaking. The grant can be used for travel anywhere in the USA lasting between three to four weeks and must be taken up within one year. Applications invited from March. Deadline late May.
Fellowship of the Maple Leaf	Canon John Williams (Secretary) 2 Fox Spring Rise Edinburgh EH10 6NE Tel: 0131 445 2983 E-mail: jwilliams@foxsprings.plus.com Web: www.mapleleaf.org.uk	Individual bursaries to clergy, ordinands and lay people for studying and sharing of experiences by Canada to UK or UK to Canada. Two types available: extended placement (min 3 mths) or short term placement (max 3 mths). Grants for projects developing ministry in education, social responsibility and pastoral work or projects related to the people of the First Nations in ‘Assisted Dioceses’ in Canada. On-line application forms available.
Foundation of St Matthias	Mrs Maria Hodson Diocese of Bristol Church House 23 Great George Street BRISTOL BS1 5QT Tel: 0117 906 0100 Fax: 0117 925 0460	Grants are awarded for accredited qualifications recognised by the trustees. Grants will NOT normally be given to those who study for second or subsequent degrees. Grants given for the training of social workers, community workers, youth workers, teachers, training ministers of the C of E, study of music and arts. Preference to applicants from Dioceses of Bath & Wells, Bristol & Gloucester. Grants only given to overseas courses under exceptional circumstances. The trust cannot help school pupils.
Friends of the Clergy Corporation	Secretary The Friends of the Clergy Corporation 27 Medway Street London SW1P 2BD Tel: 020 7222 2288 Fax: 020 7233 1244 E-mail: focc@btinternet.com Web : www.friendsoftheclergy.org	Aims broadly similar with the CSOC. Liaise closely with each other and accept each other’s application forms. Helps with: holidays, primary school clothing, retirement, infant, adult and clerical clothing, hospital visiting, convalescence & maintenance for children at universities/colleges.
Hockerill Educational Foundation	Mr Colin Broomfield 16 Hagsdell Road HERTFORD SG13 8AG Tel: 01992 303 053 Fax: 01992 425 950	Awards are made to teachers, intending teachers and others in further or higher education with a priority to the teaching of RE. NO awards to those training for ordination, mission, social work, counselling or to children at school. Preference to supporting development of RE in Dioceses of Chelmsford and St Albans.
John James Charitable Trust	David Runton Orchard Hill Cragg Wood Drive Rawdon Leeds LS19 6LG Tel: 0113 250 3770	Assist Inner City Churches with funding Lay and Pastoral workers. Interested in start ups which haven’t been tried before in a particular community. Do NOT fund graduate/post-graduate studies, sabbaticals or physical resources (eg. buildings, computers, furniture).
Keswick Hall Charity	Emma Koro School of Education and Lifelong Learning University of East Anglia NORWICH NR4 7TJ Tel: 01603 592 632 Fax: 01603 593 446 E-mail: khrec@uea.ac.uk Web: www.uea.ac.uk	Priority to individuals living or studying in the area of East Anglia covered by the Dioceses of Ely, Norwich, St Edmundsbury & Ipswich. Offers funding for individuals taking courses in religious education & research projects in RE. General theological study only eligible when it will be applied to the religious education of children or adults. Do NOT make grants for buildings, courses in pastoral work or courses which are purely for personal interest.
Petites Cotes	Mr James and Mrs Helen Gray 110 Grosvenor Road London SW1V 3LG Tel: 020 7834 0001 Fax: 020 7834 0002 Web: www.grayinfrance.com	Formerly run by the Priscilla Trust. Offers accommodation in France to clergy on an independent sabbatical or retreat. They do not run organised sabbaticals or retreats. There is a local English speaking church with weekly Sunday services and study groups.
Philip Usher Memorial Fund	Janet Laws (Secretary for the fund and the Bishop of London) The Old Deanery Dean’s Court London EC4V 5AA Tel: 020 7248 6233 Fax: 020 7248 9721	Seeks to award a major scholarship each year for the study of Eastern Orthodoxy in-situ. Applicants must be either ordained ministers or accepted candidates for ordination. Priority given to applicants under 36 yrs old. Required to spend between 6-18 mths abroad in the study of faith and practice of the Orthodox Church. Also small travel grants for shorter periods of Orthodox study are sometimes available.
Sarum St Michael Educational Charity	Tim Macquiban First Floor 27A Castle St SALISBURY SP1 1TT Tel : 01722 422 296 E-mail: admin@sarum.ac.uk	Does not give grants apart from small bursaries to those on own Politics and Theology programme.
St Aidan’s College Charity	St Aidan’s College Charity Diocesan House Raymond Street Chester CH1 4PN Tel: 01244 379 222	To assist ordinands with the cost of their theological training. Limited grants for in-service training of clergy.
St Boniface Trust	Mr P J L Binns (Secretary) 3 Coppice Close Warminster Wiltshire BA12 9EL Tel : 01985 217 619	Trust is confined to C of E. Gives grants to clergy and ordinands for books, courses, sabbaticals, etc. In particular the education and training of missionaries.
St Christopher’s College Educational Trust	Mr D S Grimes The National Society Church House Great Smith St LONDON SW1P 3NZ Tel : 020 7898 1492	Small one-off grants restricted to practising members of the Anglican church who take a course of study in the UK with direct relevance to the church’s ministry among children and young people.
St Deiniols Residential Library	Peter Francis Church Lane Hawarden Flintshire CH5 3DF Reception Tel: 01244 532 350 Fax: 01244 520 643 Web: www.st-deiniols.co.uk	Scholarships are awarded for any period from a week to several months. Covers the use of the library, bed & breakfast and dinner. Bursaries to stay at the library at a highly subsidised rate are open to anyone. Partners and children are also welcome to stay at the bursary rate.
St Gabriel’s Trust	Mr Peter M Duffell 32 The Ridgeway ENFIELD EN2 8QH Tel: 020 8363 2879	Concerned with teacher-training for School RE teachers only.
St George’s College	Rev Paul Conder (Secretary) 112 Strensall Road Earswick York Y032 9SJ UK Tel: 01904 763 071 Israel Tel: 972 2 626 4704 Israel Fax: 972 2 626 4703 E-mail: college@stgeorges.org.il	Open to bothclergy and laity. A centre of continuing education offering short-term courses as well as facilities for individual study and reflection. Grant applications open to anyone who needs help with funding their trip.
St Luke’s College Foundation	Prof Michael Bond (Director) Heathayne COLYTON EX24 6RS Tel: 01297 552 281	Grants personal awards to individuals engaged in postgraduate study and research leading to qualifications in theology and religious education. Also makes corporate awards to support research in university-level organisations working in this field. Only makes grants for undergraduate study in exceptional cases. Does NOT finance buildings or provide bursaries for institutions to administer.
St Mary’s College Trust	Mr Gwilym Jones School of Education University of Wales Eifionydd Normal Site Holyhead Rd Bangor LL57 2PX Tel: 01248 382 934	Regionally operated. Has limited funds. Will only consider applications if of real value to a substantial group of people. An individual project will not be considered unless it clearly benefits others. Priority given to teachers & others engaged in religious education. Awards for conferences/courses overseas only made in exceptional cases.
USPG	The Rt Rev Michael Doe (General Secretary) or Emily Horrocks (Personnel Administrator 020 7803 3417) Partnership House 157 Waterloo Road London SE1 8XA Tel: 020 7928 8681 Fax: 020 7928 2371 E-mail: enquiries@uspg.org.uk Web: www.uspg.org.uk	Mainly responds to requests from overseas Bishops to needs in their diocese. Offers financial support to church and lay workers wanting to experience life in an overseas church for 1-3 mths on an Expanding Horizons Programme.
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust	Ms Sue Matthews (Trust Office Manager) 15 Queen’s Gate Terrace London SW7 5PR Tel: 020 7584 9315 Fax: 020 7581 0410 E-mail: office@wcmt.org.uk Web: www.wcmt.org.uk	100 Travelling Fellowships are awarded annually for projects overseas lasting 4-8 wks on average. Grant awarded covers all expenses inc. return air fare, daily living, travel within the visited country and travel insurance. The Trust CANNOT award grants for attending courses or academic studies.
Women’s Continuing Ministerial Education Trust	Venerable Christopher Lowson Ministry Division Church House Great Smith Street LONDON SW1P 3NZ Tel: 020 7898 1391 Fax: 020 7898 1421	Aim is to further the Continuing Ministerial Education of women within the C of E & Scottish Episcopal Church by means of grants to ordained women, female accredited lay workers & religious sisters (lay or ordained). Can assist with in-service training, academic study, sabbaticals and travel.

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